Does anyone have a blingy e-ring and plain wedding band?

Long story, but I am having my diamond reset with a platinum cathedral e-ring with diamonds on the band and a plain thin platinum wedding band. I know it’s more popular to go the other way or to have diamonds on both, so I haven’t seen many pics online of this combination.

I originally was going to do a plain e-ring and diamond eternity band, but I fell in love with this particualr ring (don’t have it yet so no pics) and 1) it was above the budget I set, so a diamond eternity band was out of the question, but 2) I thought it would actually look really nice with a plain wedding band, it would ‘pop’ more.

That is exactly what I’m getting actually! Anyone else have pics? I really do like the look a lot, although I can’t wait to have the option to swap out the plain band for a blingy one for special occasions. The jeweler just came back with a quote of $2,100 so that won’t happen until probably our 10th wedding anniversary lol!

Hmm, I wouldn’t describe my engagement ring as “blingy” per se (that was a concept I wanted to studiously avoid) but it does have accent melee diamonds as well as the feature diamond, but the wedding band will be solid precious metal.

I find that a precious metal wedding band will complement it the best… I don’t like “cluttered” looks, which any more diamonds would look like with my engagement ring. It would also look “too flashy,” “trying too hard” etc. to me if I put any more diamonds. (on that finger, that is… 😉 )

Precious metal is an understated, elegant look and is the most traditional and classic for a wedding band. I love how it just screams “marriage” to me.

@joya_aspera: I love that look too. Right now I am sitting here just with my 2mm white gold band and it’s screaming married (which I am lol). I do, however, love the stacked look which, because I am tall with long fingers, suits my hand. By adding in my anniversary band and eternity ring alongside my wedding ring AND ering I think I have satified my stacked look urge. I’m hoping it doesn’t look like I am trying too hard!

But I do agree, there is something quite elegant about pairing a plain metal band with an ering.

I have a diamond engagement ring and plain band. I tried it on with diamond bands and I didn’t really like the way it looked/felt. I like that you can easily distinguish the two rings from each other, and each looks good by itself.

These pictures are absolutely gorgeous, thank you for sharing! Keep the pics coming too, I honestly can’t get enough.

@joya_aspera: I agree with what you said about it looking too flashy in some cases (depending on your ring) and I agree that the plain wedding band looks really classy. Even though I was originally going for the double diamond look and probably eventually will buy the diamond eternity band, I think I’m really going to like the plain wedding band look as well. I’m getting it pretty thin – 1.8mm which I think will make my ering pop even more.

I also didn’t want something too flashy with an exaggerated amount of diamonds all over. I wanted to see metal! I wanted the wedding band to stand out from the set and not blend in.

I did plain shank with diamond band. I have traded the diamond band in for something with a contour and with smaller stones. Should look classier 🙂

What I like about blingy e-ring with plain band is that they are both defined very well. If a plain shank e-ring is right next to a diamond band…it sometimes seems as though the center diamond should belong to the diamond band, and it looks off-center, if you know what I mean. Some sets look like that to me. 😉

I guess the rings will have to be separated – are you going to have to solder the new one or will the contour be up close without a gap? I can’t wait to see it – as you know I love the look you already have, so I can just imagine it’s going to be even more beautiful!

@womanofsubstance: Thank you so much! I still want a gap because I just love them. I want the contour ring to hug the center basket but not go right around it.

I’m going for something like this:

Btw, the unsoldering went really well and was done with just a little distortion on my engagement ring basket. It doesn’t matter since I’ll be soldering my custom band anyway. Rings spin on my fingers and I prefer not having metal hitting each other constantly, wearing each other out. I have had other rings unsoldered with nothing showing where they were soldered. I think the jeweler’s skills comes into practice here 😉

My mom wanted me to get a diamong eternity band that matched my engagement ring, but I really wanted a wedding band that matched my husbad, so we both got yellow gold low dome bands in different widths. I say that maybe for a future anniversary he can get me the infinity band 🙂

@Scintillante: Excellent!! I love the look of this contour band against your ering. I am also happy to hear they can be successfully taken apart. I bet you are counting the days until you get it! Good choice.

@PetraArkanian: I just have to say that you have the same date as me and almost exactly the same engagement ring! I am also thinking about a plain band vs. one that matches and I’m glad to see it on you because it looks great!